A supermassive black hole has been found lurking about 30,000 light-years from the center of its galaxy—the first dormant ...

Genetic changes may set off a chain reaction that causes the spine’s natural shock absorbers to harden and deteriorate.

Millions of sperm do not always compete alone—some species send them into action as coordinated teams. A sweeping ...

Glyphosate was long thought to be safe for honeybees because they lack the enzyme the chemical targets in weeds. However, ...

Ancient seafloor sediments have revealed a surprising twist in how the Atlantic’s massive circulation system works. During a ...

A simple change in posture may subtly affect how people feel and make decisions. Participants who sat upright reported greater feelings of pride and took more successful risks in a virtual balloon ...

A prescription form of THC helped many people with PTSD escape recurring trauma-related nightmares, with more than one-third reporting that the nightmares disappeared completely after ten weeks. The ...

An exceptionally preserved snake fossil from Brazil reveals that early snakes were far more diverse than scientists once ...

A group of brain cells called orexin neurons appears to help us keep working when reaching a reward becomes increasingly ...

Taiwan’s steep, remote mountains have sheltered extraordinary forests containing hundreds of giant Taiwania firs. After years ...

A new hollow nanoreactor mimics living cells to make hydrogen peroxide more efficiently using visible light. Its ...

Photons traveling through a cloud of atoms can emerge so early that they appear to have spent a negative amount of time ...